What's the point of ignore lists?

[Danny]

...and perhaps dell could be asked to start a blog to keep us updated as to who is on his ignore list each week.

 

[summerdays]

I'm not sure I do - I think I would worry over what I had done to offend those people - I'm probably better not knowing if I'm on someone's ignore list. If you want it - could it be a turn on/off feature then.

I've only ever had one person on my ignore list for any length of time and he's not around any more but was mentioned further up this thread. I have one other person that I effectively ignore by simply not reading their posts as they wind me up and then I want to reply and it doesn't do any good - other than to have an argument as it doesn't change his views at all. For those people the ignore list is useful.

 

[theclaud]

Hmm, I think I like that suggestion..

It's a good one.

 

[summerdays]

It will never fly. Showing anonymous and what can only be seen as negative information about posters is completely against the spirit of this place.

+1
That's a much better way of saying it than my version.

 

[theclaud]

It will never fly. Showing anonymous and what can only be seen as negative information about posters is completely against the spirit of this place.

I think it was only ever a mischievous joke, Uncle M!

 

[dellzeqq]

...and perhaps dell could be asked to start a blog to keep us updated as to who is on his ignore list each week.

I think that would be a little confrontational. And, as you know, I no longer do confrontation.

I do own up to a pang of guilt. When Mr. Paul was giving Linf a good seeing-to, and I was hiding behind my ignore list, I knew that Mr. Paul was a better man than I. He had the will, where mine had failed.

 

[dellzeqq]

I would start a thread in P&L for ignorees only - obviously it couldnt be policed. But it would be a whole thread that Dell couldnt see.

As Im Dell, son of Dell, Im exempt tho. Sorry.

there have been a few that have come close. I do recall a couple of pages on which I've seen one post in ten.

 

[theclaud]

and deeply impressed that somebody worked out the avatar (although she was Czech, and is now a U.S. citizen)

Of course! Dammit - I'm cross at not getting it. She looked familiar but it hadn't clicked. It's a nice pic.

 

[Crackle]

What about a forum gaol? I used to be an occasional visitor to a forum which had one - crazy.

 

[Tim Bennet.]

What about a forum gaol? I used to be an occasional visitor to a forum which had one - crazy.

Or a forum dungeon where naughty people could be put in chains and subjected to ritual . . .

Whoops I seem to have got my 'favourite' websites mixed up.

 

[theclaud]

Oh I see, I didn't delve into its murky origins!

But in retrospect it could have a certain cachet - maybe it could be a voluntary feature?

Yes but there's a fine line between cachet and showing off...

 

[theclaud]

Or a forum dungeon where naughty people could be put in chains and subjected to ritual . . .

Whoops I seem to have got my 'favourite' websites mixed up.

 

[MacB]

there have been a few that have come close. I do recall a couple of pages on which I've seen one post in ten.

It gets better, that's almost as good as the line about not even recognising some of the names on your ignore list

 

[spire]

I think that would be a little confrontational. And, as you know, I no longer do confrontation.

What, since Friday?

(Maybe theclaud, your secretary, will quote this for you! )

 

[dellzeqq]

It gets better, that's almost as good as the line about not even recognising some of the names on your ignore list

well, my memory's not what it used to be. Who is, or was, Bartok? Or Maverick?

Actually I have just looked at the list and I realise that I once put somebody on the list because they were rude to Zimmers. Somebody that I agree with on almost everything! It must be some kind of crush! He'll never come on the FNRttC again! (Especially after going on about him being a perfect specimen yesterday)